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he has been practicing very hard and he has a good coach in rob portman. obama is not the greatest debater. he had some terrible ones early on and he is not practicing enough. >> how does mitt romney recover from this? >> he could go and visit the guys who are building his car elevator and see how they are getting by. apparently he does not know the working middle class. that is why it was so natural for him to say these things. they have been coming out in a dog whistle. for the people in the room, he has a bullhorn. >> this is not the last round for romney. this does hurt though. it hurts the ticket in the republican race. you see evidence of it in massachusetts, virginia, and michigan and wisconsin. he is not the person the republicans need to have right now carrying the standard. what he said was wrong in so many aspects. >> a lot of republicans are grumbling about this campaign. >> when your running mate call as you inarticulate as a way to help you, then you know you have problems. i am glad you are all represented here. mitt romney is mixing up a wh
he has been practicing very hard and he has a good coach in rob portman. obama is not the greatest debater. he had some terrible ones early on and he is not practicing enough. >> how does mitt romney recover from this? >> he could go and visit the guys who are building his car elevator and see how they are getting by. apparently he does not know the working middle class. that is why it was so natural for him to say these things. they have been coming out in a dog whistle. for the...
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senator rob portman of ohio. he has done this before. he's playing the role of president obama in these mock debates and done this for republicans in the past cycles. on the other side, senator john kerry of massachusetts, playing the role of fellow massachusetts mitt romney and john kerry knows a bit about debating, the democrats' 2004 nominee. and mitt romney goes to colorado monday and the debate is wednesday. besides the preparation, we're seeing both campaigns trying to low low expectations. not just campaigns, listen to governor romney. >> he's president of the united states and an eloquent speaker. >> he's a very eloquent speaker and in his debate last time with senator mccain, he'll be very eloquent. >> reporter: the whole idea is lower the bar and if you're doing well you beat expectations and win the debate, the spin they're playing. listen to stephanie from the obama campaign. >> what history tells us that challengers normally win the first debate just by the fact they're standing on the stage with the president. that elevates
senator rob portman of ohio. he has done this before. he's playing the role of president obama in these mock debates and done this for republicans in the past cycles. on the other side, senator john kerry of massachusetts, playing the role of fellow massachusetts mitt romney and john kerry knows a bit about debating, the democrats' 2004 nominee. and mitt romney goes to colorado monday and the debate is wednesday. besides the preparation, we're seeing both campaigns trying to low low...
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. >> it's great to have senator rob portman. you know, he debates me from time to time. he is playing barack obama in these mock debates we have. i don't like him very much anymore, all right? he keeps on beating me up and i keep on going away shaking my head. >> reporter: romney flies to colorado monday to hold a rally that night before hunkering down for final preparations. the president heads to nevada sunday greeting voters that night and then goes behind closed doors for his last-minute preps before flying on to denver on debate day. meanwhile, both presidential campaigns continue to play the expectations game, trying to lower the bar for their candidate. gary. >> thank you very much, paul. >>> the debates are the only way to see the candidates face-to-face, so let's take a look at the debate schedule. as we said, number one, wednesday, october 3rd. can you see it live here on cnn starting 7:00 p.m. eastern time. number two, october 16th, on the campus of hofstra university in long island, new york. our only candy crowley will be moderating that debate. s and then i
. >> it's great to have senator rob portman. you know, he debates me from time to time. he is playing barack obama in these mock debates we have. i don't like him very much anymore, all right? he keeps on beating me up and i keep on going away shaking my head. >> reporter: romney flies to colorado monday to hold a rally that night before hunkering down for final preparations. the president heads to nevada sunday greeting voters that night and then goes behind closed doors for his...
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first of all, that rob portman, he really does it all, martin. but the president, to get your viewers up to date, just spent about two hours over on ivy street, just south of the capitol, at the democratic national committee headquarters doing some debate prep. we can presume that john kerry was there. let's look at john kerry's experience in this kind of setting. just go beyond the 2004 debates with then-president bush when john kerry was the democratic challenger. he had a series of debates way back in 1996 when he was a sitting senator with another republican governor of massachusetts who was trying to unseat kerry. his name was bill well. they had three debates actually that were epic in scale. so john kerry is clearly battle tested. the president is going to go to ground. he's had some fund-raisers. he just finished one. he's on his way to senator jay rockefeller's house but on sunday he heads to hend henders nevada. they don't want to be in d.c. for this debate camp as we're calling it around here. training at altitude in nevada, preparing
first of all, that rob portman, he really does it all, martin. but the president, to get your viewers up to date, just spent about two hours over on ivy street, just south of the capitol, at the democratic national committee headquarters doing some debate prep. we can presume that john kerry was there. let's look at john kerry's experience in this kind of setting. just go beyond the 2004 debates with then-president bush when john kerry was the democratic challenger. he had a series of debates...
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senator rob portman is playing obama in the practice, i guarantee you portman will prepare him. i hate rob portman to this day because of him playing obama in our preparation for the debates. >> reporter: we hear that mr. romney is not really fond of these formal mock debates. he prefers to learn this especially by studying briefing books and hashing out potential responses with his aides, martha. martha: all right, very interesting with john mccain there having been through the ropes last time around and had rob portman playing that role. enjoy woodstock, vermont. beautiful part of the country. we love charlotte but woodstock is great. bill: vice president joe biden taking another shot on governor romney on tax returns while campaigning in detroit just yesterday. have a listen on that message. >> he said the president is so out of touch -- out of touch. how many of y'all have a swiss bank account? how much do you have invested in the caymen islands. out of touch? woe, man. ladies and gentlemen, talk about out of touch. this guy won't even let you see his tax returns. bill: you
senator rob portman is playing obama in the practice, i guarantee you portman will prepare him. i hate rob portman to this day because of him playing obama in our preparation for the debates. >> reporter: we hear that mr. romney is not really fond of these formal mock debates. he prefers to learn this especially by studying briefing books and hashing out potential responses with his aides, martha. martha: all right, very interesting with john mccain there having been through the ropes...
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ohio senator rob portman who was on the vp short list will be standing in as the president. portman played senator obama in debate preps for senator mccain. a terrifying scene in a monster truck show where an out of control pickup truck crashes into the stands. take a look at this. it will >> looks like hey bails between that truck and the audience there. maybe that's just a mesh fence. regardless you can hear the screams of the frightened spectators there. three people were hurt. fortunately they were not life threatening. the hydraulic brakes went out causing him to lose control. >> a group dedicated to voter fraud making a troubling discovery in the swing state of north carolina. they found 30,000 people that are dead still registered to vote in that state. they compare it had to voert lists. it is reviewing that list and will take appropriate action. >>> harsh words about lance armstrong from a former assistant of his. he said that armstrong all but admitted he had doped saying quote everyone does it and armstrong also kept banned steroids in his medicine cabinet. he sig
ohio senator rob portman who was on the vp short list will be standing in as the president. portman played senator obama in debate preps for senator mccain. a terrifying scene in a monster truck show where an out of control pickup truck crashes into the stands. take a look at this. it will >> looks like hey bails between that truck and the audience there. maybe that's just a mesh fence. regardless you can hear the screams of the frightened spectators there. three people were hurt....
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in romney's sessions president obama will be played by ohio senator rob portman who was on romney's short list for vice president. on stage with the president will be massachusetts senator john kerry who will play romney. kerry and romney knew each other well when romney was governor of massachusetts both campaigns are desperately trying to lower expectations. in a memo leaked to the press a top romney adviser called the president one of the most talented political communicators in modern history and noted the president has engaged in eighty-one-on-one presidential debates while this is romney's first. the obama campaign is also down playing expectations. they say he hasn't had enough time to prepare for the debate because he's been so busy as president dealing with a series of crises in the middle east. >> chip reid in boston. thanks. >>> for more on campaign 2012, we turn to jonathan allen, a senior political correspondent from politico. jonathan, good morning to you. >> good morning, rebecca. >> i want to begin where chip left off. the president's advisors say he's been so busy dealing
in romney's sessions president obama will be played by ohio senator rob portman who was on romney's short list for vice president. on stage with the president will be massachusetts senator john kerry who will play romney. kerry and romney knew each other well when romney was governor of massachusetts both campaigns are desperately trying to lower expectations. in a memo leaked to the press a top romney adviser called the president one of the most talented political communicators in modern...
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and ohio senator rob portman is portraying the president in mitt romney's debate. more on the preview of wednesday's big event. >> as running mate paul ryan makes the rounds on the campaign trail here in new hampshire, and ohio, guess what? his boss is hunkering down, getting ready for the first showdown between him and president obama. romney is spending a lot of time this week to prepare for the debate. the same thing for the president. he is off the campaign trail, today, tomorrow, off to nevada. but basically he is spending a lot of this week, we believe, behind closed doors getting ready. meanwhile, both are trying to lower the bar for the candidates. even the candidates themselves are doingñr it. take a listen to mitt romney, recently on the campaign trail. >> i mean, he is president of the united states, a very good speaker. >> now, he is a very good speaker, i am sure in the debates, as last time with senator john mccain he will be very eloquent. >> reporter: and it is not only mitt romney playing that game, so is the obama campaign. >> what history tells
and ohio senator rob portman is portraying the president in mitt romney's debate. more on the preview of wednesday's big event. >> as running mate paul ryan makes the rounds on the campaign trail here in new hampshire, and ohio, guess what? his boss is hunkering down, getting ready for the first showdown between him and president obama. romney is spending a lot of time this week to prepare for the debate. the same thing for the president. he is off the campaign trail, today, tomorrow, off...
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rob portman is playing the role of barack obama and they are sparring. portman did it for mccain in 2008 and folks thought he might have gotten into mccain's head a little bit. >> why are they doing debate prep, when the debate is a month away? what's that all about? >> reporter: well, there has been a lot of questions, why so early? why now? they have a block of time, while the democrats are in charlotte. they figure this is an opportunity to get off the trail and spend real time on it. this is being run by beth myers who, is very jealous about her protection of his time. so he is sequestered away in the woods. he did come out today briefly for our interview. the idea is that there will be four debates, three presidential and one vice-presidential. it's a five-week month. there are two weeks after the debates before the election. so these debates have the potential to be really cons qebtial. i talked to mitt romney about t. he thinks they could really be a big deal. he is putting in the time now to train for it. >> did you learn anything -- you have to
rob portman is playing the role of barack obama and they are sparring. portman did it for mccain in 2008 and folks thought he might have gotten into mccain's head a little bit. >> why are they doing debate prep, when the debate is a month away? what's that all about? >> reporter: well, there has been a lot of questions, why so early? why now? they have a block of time, while the democrats are in charlotte. they figure this is an opportunity to get off the trail and spend real time...
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ohio senator rob portman is playing president obama for mitt romney. he was also a stand-in for edwards, senator john edwards, vice president al gore, senator joe lieberman. why is he the go-to stand-in guy? >> he's a pretty smart character and cookie, too. i think having been a congressman, he's obviously united states senator now. he knows policy. he was a trade rep. he was a white house -- in congress. this guy knows his stuff. but i think interestingly apparently, he's somewhat of a method actor. he listened to tapes, for instance, of the books on tape of barack obama and he's really able to take on the effect and the cadence of the person he's playing. and he, too, has great bedside manner. he's somewhat of a prankster. he develops very warm relationships not only with republicans but democrats have nice things to say about him. >> jennifer: interesting because he was so close to being selected for vice president. i don't know that being a debate stand-in is a good second nod. but president obama is going to be heading to henderson nevada for thre
ohio senator rob portman is playing president obama for mitt romney. he was also a stand-in for edwards, senator john edwards, vice president al gore, senator joe lieberman. why is he the go-to stand-in guy? >> he's a pretty smart character and cookie, too. i think having been a congressman, he's obviously united states senator now. he knows policy. he was a trade rep. he was a white house -- in congress. this guy knows his stuff. but i think interestingly apparently, he's somewhat of a...
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why not put rob portman on the ticket as people thought they were going to do from the beginning. >> with the other piece of sound demonstrates mitt romney feels like he's getting upstaged by pa ryan in terms of the love t there, which i think is culating sle hu in t long scheme of this, after this is all said and done, if mitt romney doesn't win this race, is the ryan brand damaged or is it intact? >> i think it's obviously too soon to tell that. i doubtt will be severely damaged but i think, you know, it awkwardness right after he sort of tapped him and then comes to the convention, i was expecting here's the great synthesis, worked this out, ryan's speech will lay it out, see where the romney/ryan roads meet and we're going to -- i expect that would really be ar p fic y sortf new and it really wasn't. and instead, you seen a continuation of that sort of awkwardness that was originally -- haven't mapped out the policy stuff at all. ultimately, you do want to sort of position ryan as the kd of eylso have to have a broader economic optimistic outlook that both of them have to share.
why not put rob portman on the ticket as people thought they were going to do from the beginning. >> with the other piece of sound demonstrates mitt romney feels like he's getting upstaged by pa ryan in terms of the love t there, which i think is culating sle hu in t long scheme of this, after this is all said and done, if mitt romney doesn't win this race, is the ryan brand damaged or is it intact? >> i think it's obviously too soon to tell that. i doubtt will be severely damaged...
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portman will star as president obama. he also did it in john mccain's 2008 campaign. ahead of next week's debates, both sides have been lowering expectations. >> the president is, obviously, a very eloquent, gifted speaker. he'll do just fine. >> mitt romney has an advantage because he's been through 20 debates in the primaries oefrt the last year. >> barack obama is a very effective debater. >> we know governor romney is practicing for months. i think the invasion of normandy took less preparation than he's putting into the debates. >> i'm joined by the president of progress and former obama white house adviser and also with us is robert trainum. nera, you helped with hillary clinton's debate preps and you worked robert with with rick santorum and president bush. let's get to the heart of it, robert. both sides lowering expectations, but realistically how important is this debate for romney "nightly newmitt romney? >> it's very important. this is his second time to make an impression. the first time was during the republ
portman will star as president obama. he also did it in john mccain's 2008 campaign. ahead of next week's debates, both sides have been lowering expectations. >> the president is, obviously, a very eloquent, gifted speaker. he'll do just fine. >> mitt romney has an advantage because he's been through 20 debates in the primaries oefrt the last year. >> barack obama is a very effective debater. >> we know governor romney is practicing for months. i think the invasion of...
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. >> senator rob portman is playing barack obama in these mock debates we have. i don't like him very much jean more. >> governor romney has only one chance. >> president is an eloquent, gifted speaker. >> he must convince voters during the debates. can he do that? >> he may be all knowing but he would still like to know a little more about mitt's tax returns. >> some people more in my camp, a lot of people more in his camp. >> shameless lying liar. >> the left-based mainstream med media. >> fairness is not an attitude. it's a skill. >> i don't think anybody in my business thinks they wouldn't like to be able to rewrite the story. >> let's get right to our esteemed political panel here this afternoon. krystal ball is my colleague and the co-host of msnbc's "the cycle" and lili ana is a hispanic strategist. krystal, according to some on the right it's people like you who are responsible for mitt romney's campaign problems. do you accept responsibility and would you pleads apology? >> fully and completely. mitt romney is running a terrific campaign. we've gotten it
. >> senator rob portman is playing barack obama in these mock debates we have. i don't like him very much jean more. >> governor romney has only one chance. >> president is an eloquent, gifted speaker. >> he must convince voters during the debates. can he do that? >> he may be all knowing but he would still like to know a little more about mitt's tax returns. >> some people more in my camp, a lot of people more in his camp. >> shameless lying liar....
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understand senator rob portman from ohio will be here, he'll also be traveling with the governor to denver on monday. they're at the stage now where the expectations game includes not really discussing even when and where they're doing debate prep. the campaign's official line, wherever's preparing for debates, is that he's holding private meetings. they don't want to give the impression that he's doing nothing but studying. >> because, again, if you study for 75 hours for a test, you better make an a-plus, or people begin to say funny things about you. it seems like every day or so, we hear from a new republican, who's hitting the romney campaign with some sort of advice. this week, it was newt gingrich offering some advice to romney's messaging strategy, telling him how to disarm president obama. we've heard from peggy noonan a couple of times now. how is the campaign reacting to all of this inside chatter? or are they? >> this is a constant irritation for the campaign. they feel like every donor, every republican who lost in a primary, and frankly, every reporter, thinks they know how t
understand senator rob portman from ohio will be here, he'll also be traveling with the governor to denver on monday. they're at the stage now where the expectations game includes not really discussing even when and where they're doing debate prep. the campaign's official line, wherever's preparing for debates, is that he's holding private meetings. they don't want to give the impression that he's doing nothing but studying. >> because, again, if you study for 75 hours for a test, you...
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the other one that everybody's been talking about is rob portman. senator, governor of ohio. [applause] very intelligent guy. he's been vetted already by the senator because he was george w. bush omb director. he's a budget guy. he knows the innings and outs of the numbers. this is what we need. in an economic crisis. and it can probably deliver ohio, which you can't win without ohio. the downside to him, and again, life is about trade-offs there it no perfect candidate. the downside to him he's been a -- he's a good man, a decent man and very smart. but sort of a vanilla ice cream. do you want two scoops of vanilla ice cream on your ticket. especially i'm saying it close to governor romney yesterday especially if barack obama threw the hail mary and dumped joe biden and switches out with hillary clinton. those who listen to my radio show know i have been saying this for a long time about the clintons. you know that bill and hillary clinton when they go in to the polling place, both of those levers are going down for romney. [laughter] there is no question about that. i do no
the other one that everybody's been talking about is rob portman. senator, governor of ohio. [applause] very intelligent guy. he's been vetted already by the senator because he was george w. bush omb director. he's a budget guy. he knows the innings and outs of the numbers. this is what we need. in an economic crisis. and it can probably deliver ohio, which you can't win without ohio. the downside to him, and again, life is about trade-offs there it no perfect candidate. the downside to him...
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. >> romney returned to his debate prep after the pizza run with ohio senator rob portman playing the part of the president. port man, a phenomenal debater himself. >>> former congresswoman gabrielle giffords is in charlotte and will be in house to hear president obama's speech tonight. giffords' spokesperson told cnn that gabby giffords will attend the democratic convention. sorry, i had a blip there. before we get to more politics, let's send it back to zoraida in new york. >> i want to chat with you a little bit. you were there live for the speech that bill clinton gave. i know you've covered politics for a long time. that man hug surprised me. were you surprised by it? did it come across as genuine to you? >> it was -- the answer is yes and no. yes, it came across as genuine, despite the fact we knew it was coming, despite the fact they had to do it and that just goes to show what a skillful politician bill clinton is. that was truly the amazing thing about this full-throated, full throttled defense of barack obama. bill clinton and barack obama are not close. bill clinton gave th
. >> romney returned to his debate prep after the pizza run with ohio senator rob portman playing the part of the president. port man, a phenomenal debater himself. >>> former congresswoman gabrielle giffords is in charlotte and will be in house to hear president obama's speech tonight. giffords' spokesperson told cnn that gabby giffords will attend the democratic convention. sorry, i had a blip there. before we get to more politics, let's send it back to zoraida in new york....
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ohio republican senator rob portman playing the role of president obama. mitt romney attended church with his family earlier today. meanwhile, the president will be hold agriculturally this evening in las vegas, nevada, with three days until the first debate between president obama and mitt romney, both campaigns are kicking the expectations game into high gear. here's david plouffe on "meet the press" this morning. >> we have expected all along that governor romney will have a good night. he's prepared more than any candidate in history and he's shown himself to be a good debater through the years. >> joining me now, ann murray, a romney campaign surrogate, former communications director for governor tim pawlenty's presidential campaign. anne marie, good afternoon to you. so now governor romney at his campaign headquarters today for some debate prep. we understand that that debate prep has turned into a full-scale dress rehearsal this afternoon. tomorrow he's on the campaign trail. is he ready for wednesday night? >> i think, i think so. i think it's goin
ohio republican senator rob portman playing the role of president obama. mitt romney attended church with his family earlier today. meanwhile, the president will be hold agriculturally this evening in las vegas, nevada, with three days until the first debate between president obama and mitt romney, both campaigns are kicking the expectations game into high gear. here's david plouffe on "meet the press" this morning. >> we have expected all along that governor romney will have a...
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he's practicing and rob portman is a stand-in but my guess is if i was going to give the edge the president because between his debates with then senator clinton and debates against john mccain he's not going to have that hard swallow moment when he's out there dealing with the pressure. >> this was john kerry earlier in the program talking about the expectations you don't like at all. mark. >> this is the biggest deal in the world to him so he's been really getting ready for it and as we know from my experience with president bush, that debate can mean a lot. i went up eight to ten points after that debate. so mitt romney has a lot more going for him here. >> so, of course you worked with john kerry on his debate prep. can any of the big issues -- i was talking to rachel maddow earlier about afghanistan and all of our troops there. can any of these foreign policy questions and whether or not the administration bungled the response after the attacks, the horrible tragedy in benghazi, or the israeli relationship and whether mitt romney is correct that the administration has thrown israel und
he's practicing and rob portman is a stand-in but my guess is if i was going to give the edge the president because between his debates with then senator clinton and debates against john mccain he's not going to have that hard swallow moment when he's out there dealing with the pressure. >> this was john kerry earlier in the program talking about the expectations you don't like at all. mark. >> this is the biggest deal in the world to him so he's been really getting ready for it and...
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if rob portman is a member of the ticket, that will solidify the ohio look, but i don't even think it's necessary. a very solid yes vote. the hardest of those states, virginia. virginia is hard to predict. the home of a very good senate campaign by george allen against a very good democrat, tim kane. both are former governors. there is a large military and reservists vote in virginia. that vote is sponsoring decidedly against president obama because he is definitely against the military, cutting what ought to be a 313 ship navy below 200 navy ships. cutting 20,000 marines and 8,000 army and another 20,000 sailors and airmen from the rolls. he has canceled the f-22 and numerous other weapon systems. he is messing around with military pay, benefits, retirement, and that should put mitt romney over the top in virginia, but it is a close state because of the facts. the least recession impacted state in the union is virginia. the reason the viejo is the least impact of state is because the only industry that has been a growth industry in the last four years is the government. there is no rec
if rob portman is a member of the ticket, that will solidify the ohio look, but i don't even think it's necessary. a very solid yes vote. the hardest of those states, virginia. virginia is hard to predict. the home of a very good senate campaign by george allen against a very good democrat, tim kane. both are former governors. there is a large military and reservists vote in virginia. that vote is sponsoring decidedly against president obama because he is definitely against the military,...
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senator rob portman is doing the sta stand-in for mitt romney and done it in the past. and they go back to massachusetts. who better than a massachusetts politician to play mitt romney. that person is senator john kerry, the senior citizen from massachusetts. >> it is so fascinating to me. i think a lot of people around this country will be fixated watching the debates, watching both sides. okay, fine, i'm very excited for these debates. cnn political editor, paulste n steinha steinhauser. you can see the first political debate wednesday on cnn and do not want to miss it 7:00 p.m. eastern. >>> a man who spent 15 years on death row for a crime he did not commit has been released from a louisiana prison. lawyers say day mon thibodeau is the 300th exoneration in the u.s. convicted of raping and murdering his step cousin turned out to be false. he talked to the press about his new freedom. >> it's a surreal walk. it's not something you can prepare yourself for because you've been living in those conditions for so long. >> how do you feel now? >> free! real free! >> attorney
senator rob portman is doing the sta stand-in for mitt romney and done it in the past. and they go back to massachusetts. who better than a massachusetts politician to play mitt romney. that person is senator john kerry, the senior citizen from massachusetts. >> it is so fascinating to me. i think a lot of people around this country will be fixated watching the debates, watching both sides. okay, fine, i'm very excited for these debates. cnn political editor, paulste n steinha...
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in romney's sessions president obama will be played by ohio senator rob portman who was on romney's short list for vice president. on stage with the president will be massachusetts senator john kerry who will play romney. kerry and romney knew each other well when romney was governor of massachusetts both campaigns are desperately trying to lower expectations. in a memo leaked to the press a top romney adviser called the president one of the most talented political communicators in modern history and noted the president has engaged in eighty-one-on-one presidential debates while this is romney's first. the obama campaign is also down playing expectations. they say he hasn't had enough time to prepare for the debate because he's been so busy as president dealing with a series of crises in the middle east. >> chip reid in boston. thanks. >>> for more on campaign 2012, we turn to jonathan allen, a senior political correspondent from politico. jonathan, good morning to you. >> good morning, rebecca. >> i want to begin where chip left off. the president's advisors say he's been so busy dealing
in romney's sessions president obama will be played by ohio senator rob portman who was on romney's short list for vice president. on stage with the president will be massachusetts senator john kerry who will play romney. kerry and romney knew each other well when romney was governor of massachusetts both campaigns are desperately trying to lower expectations. in a memo leaked to the press a top romney adviser called the president one of the most talented political communicators in modern...
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portman. rebecca and jeff? >> chip reid, thank you very much. major garrett, national journalist white house correspondent is in north carolina this morning. >> good morning. >> want to start with what seems to be the major shift of the morning. that is this question, are you better off than you were four years ago. they either avoided the question or said mo we're not. the party line seems to say we are belter off than four years ago. >> there were a lot of strategists who were a grieved watching them struggle with this question. they really do believe republicans teed that up at the convention as a question that will linger throughout the campaign. they said to me the obama campaign better get what they describe as a mantra, a situation that's believable and credible. whether or not that's happened, there's a shift in the emphasis. yes, the country is better off. we'll stop struggling with that issue and that question and just assert it. whether or not voters believe it and four more years o
portman. rebecca and jeff? >> chip reid, thank you very much. major garrett, national journalist white house correspondent is in north carolina this morning. >> good morning. >> want to start with what seems to be the major shift of the morning. that is this question, are you better off than you were four years ago. they either avoided the question or said mo we're not. the party line seems to say we are belter off than four years ago. >> there were a lot of strategists...
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. >> president on rob portman to be a good president obama. >> steve: he will be surrogate with mr. romney. >> gretchen: imagine seeing this on your labor day beach trip. a greatt white washed ashore. >> steve: and this week dnc promises to be tar studied. power couple. pennsylvania state coupem vin cent hughes and his actress right joining us live from the nascar hall of fame. ♪ ♪ it is loud. ♪ ♪ ♪ let's go last. [ male announcer ] while many automakers are just beginning to dabble with the idea of hybrid technology, it's already engrained in o dna. during the golden opportunity sales event, get great values on some of our newest models. this is the pursuit of perfection. it's time to live... on some of our newest models. wider awake. only the beautyrest recharge sleep system combines the comfort of aircool memory foam layered on top of beautyrest pocketed coils to promote proper sleeping posture all night long. the revolutionary recharge sleep system from beautyrest... it's you, fully charged. receive up to a $300 beautyrest visa prepaid card when you buy select beautyre
. >> president on rob portman to be a good president obama. >> steve: he will be surrogate with mr. romney. >> gretchen: imagine seeing this on your labor day beach trip. a greatt white washed ashore. >> steve: and this week dnc promises to be tar studied. power couple. pennsylvania state coupem vin cent hughes and his actress right joining us live from the nascar hall of fame. ♪ ♪ it is loud. ♪ ♪ ♪ let's go last. [ male announcer ] while many automakers are...
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romney is debating with senator rob portman, who is playing the role of president obama in these series of mock debates. but romney did take a trip to a nearby swing state. new hampshire, to continue his attack on obama. >> two big numbers came out this week. 16 and 47. 16 trillion dollars in debt. and the number is 47. 47 million people now on food stamps. when he came into office, there were 32 million. there's just no way he can square those numbers with the idea that america is doing better. because it's not. >> this year, there are three presidential debates, and one vice presidential debate. the first one between romney and president obama coming in just a few weeks on october 3. then the much anticipated vice presidential debate between joe biden and paul ryan. that will happen october 11. on october 16, obama and romney face off in a town hall format debate moderated by cnn's candy crowley. and the last presidential debate is scheduled for october 22. that is just two weeks before the election. joining us now to talk about what to expect from the gop in the debates is republican
romney is debating with senator rob portman, who is playing the role of president obama in these series of mock debates. but romney did take a trip to a nearby swing state. new hampshire, to continue his attack on obama. >> two big numbers came out this week. 16 and 47. 16 trillion dollars in debt. and the number is 47. 47 million people now on food stamps. when he came into office, there were 32 million. there's just no way he can square those numbers with the idea that america is doing...
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he has been doing a lot of mock debates with ohio senator rob portman, thrs but there is a long-standing process where he does q&a with his staff, trying to hone the rhetoric. the truth of the matter is, as handicap ors both sides of the aisle watch, have you the folks from the president obama trying to lower his expectations and the romney camp trying to lower the idea of a break-out moment f. you can get him to expect him to be mediocre and he does reasonable, he will come out. but one-liners and zingers are not what changes mine -- minds. a lot of the times, it is not what is saz said, but the demeanor. the famous debates between george bush and al gore, and alo gore appeared to get huffy and hottie and frustrated. and even though he had more facts and sharp answer, heefls deemed the loser to george w. bush. and the debates didn't affect the race in 2008 between president obama and then the senator and then john mccain. there is no doubt that paul ryan is expecting romney to go very hard at president obam asuggesting that there has been a sort of a misleadingleading ad deceptive frame
he has been doing a lot of mock debates with ohio senator rob portman, thrs but there is a long-standing process where he does q&a with his staff, trying to hone the rhetoric. the truth of the matter is, as handicap ors both sides of the aisle watch, have you the folks from the president obama trying to lower his expectations and the romney camp trying to lower the idea of a break-out moment f. you can get him to expect him to be mediocre and he does reasonable, he will come out. but...
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portman. he talked about the 23 million folks out of work. he had a line in that speech that says if you have a coach that has zero wins and 23 million will losses, it's time to get a new coach. that sent the crowd into applause. he mentioned the five-point plan, his standard stump sheet about the five things america needs to do, what he plans to do to get the economy moving again. they want to try this last weekend he, this holiday weekend, to make one big push before the democrats sort of take over the headlines and media space next week with their convention. they'll reunite tonight down in jacksonville, governor romney and paul ryan. >> speaking of paul ryan, he's at quite an interesting football game at this hour. >> reporter: yes, he is. a kickoff to the football season, you'll see just about everybody wearing buckeye red. they're playing ryan's alma mater, university of miami in ohio. obviously ohio state is traditionally a stronger program, but paul ryan wants to be there to be seen wi
portman. he talked about the 23 million folks out of work. he had a line in that speech that says if you have a coach that has zero wins and 23 million will losses, it's time to get a new coach. that sent the crowd into applause. he mentioned the five-point plan, his standard stump sheet about the five things america needs to do, what he plans to do to get the economy moving again. they want to try this last weekend he, this holiday weekend, to make one big push before the democrats sort of...
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romney spent a last couple of nights where he continues to have debate preparations and rob portman and handful of staffers and going over briefing papers and contrast the proposes and policies against the president's record. mr. romney decided to pop out of the secluded envelope where he is working to join and lead the republican efforts to counter program the convention in charlotte underway this week. today with president bill clinton speaking mr. romney will come out and talk briefly with the press. we'll have an interview with him. he will visit a building supply place in west lebanon, briefly. ses essentially with the debt clock reaching $16 million with the dim creat createcratic national committee removing god from its platform and democratic national committee removing mention of jerusalem as the capitol of israel and no mention of improvement or lack thereof from the democrats last night when michelle obama was the dig speaker along with mr. skas castro of san antonio, texas. mr. romney wants to wave the flag and overshadow and undercuts what the democrats are doing by pointin
romney spent a last couple of nights where he continues to have debate preparations and rob portman and handful of staffers and going over briefing papers and contrast the proposes and policies against the president's record. mr. romney decided to pop out of the secluded envelope where he is working to join and lead the republican efforts to counter program the convention in charlotte underway this week. today with president bill clinton speaking mr. romney will come out and talk briefly with...